FEDCO UNIT PHARMACY GOING ROBOTIC

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. -- Fedco Foods here has become the latest supermarket to embrace the idea of an automated pharmacy, installing a prescription-dispensing machine at its Colorado Street store in Pasadena.The installation was to have taken place by the end of last week, according to Christopher Thomsen, director of sales and marketing for ScriptPro, Mission, Kan., the manufacturer of the machine,

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. -- Fedco Foods here has become the latest supermarket to embrace the idea of an automated pharmacy, installing a prescription-dispensing machine at its Colorado Street store in Pasadena.
The installation was to have taken place by the end of last week, according to Christopher Thomsen, director of sales and marketing for ScriptPro, Mission, Kan., the manufacturer of the machine, called the SP 200. Fedco officials were unavailable for comment.
Thomsen added that ...

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